Person:John Alexander (156)

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Hon. John Alexander
m. 12 Nov 1799
Facts and Events
Name Hon. John Alexander
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Apr 1777 Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Marriage 12 Nov 1799 Laurens County, South Carolinato Isabella Adair
Death[1] 28 Jun 1848 Xenia, Greene County, Ohio
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    John Alexander
    BIRTH 18 Apr 1777
    Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
    DEATH 28 Jun 1848 (aged 71)
    Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA
    BURIAL: Woodland Cemetery
    Xenia, Greene County, Ohio, USA

    U.S. Congressman. Born at Crowsville, South Carolina, he moved to Ohio, in 1803, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1804 and began to practice law Xenia, Ohio, in 1805. Appointed prosecuting attorney of Greene County, Ohio, in 1808, he was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses, serving (1813-17). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resumed the practice of law and was a member of the Ohio State Senate, (1822-23). He also was again the prosecuting attorney of Greene County, Ohio, until his retirement in 1834. He died at age 71 in Xenia, Ohio.

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